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wagen.

a wagon, carriage

5 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʋaːɣə(n)/
  1. a wagon, carriage

    masculine
  2. a cart

    masculine
  3. an automobile, car, van

    masculine
  4. a sled, moving platform on wheels or rails a heavy machine etc. is mounted on

    masculine
  5. a load filling one of the above vehicles

    masculine · metonymically
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch wāgen, from Old Dutch wagan, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of wagon.

verb/ˈʋaːɣə(n)/
  1. to venture, take risks

    intransitive
  2. to dare, presume

    transitive
  3. to risk, to jeopardize

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch wâgen. Equivalent to waag (“weighing scales”) + -en.

verb/ˈʋaːɣə(n)/
  1. to move

    transitive
  2. to be moved, literally or figuratively in many senses

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch wāgen, from Old Dutch *wagon, from Proto-West Germanic *wagōn, from Proto-Germanic *wagōną.

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